Vatican congregation member allowed priest accused of child abuse to live near Catholic school (guess who)
The Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops is charged with overseeing investigations into bishops accused of negligence, cover-ups, or improperly handling clerical sexual abuse allegations. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Feb. 26 that in September 2000, Fr. James Ray was permitted to live at St. John Stone Friary, a house of the Chicago province of the Augustinian religious order. The friary is half a block from a parish elementary school. According to diocesan records, the move required approval by now-Bishop Robert Prevost, who was then an Augustinian provincial superior. Prevost, now a diocesan bishop in Peru, was received in a private audience by...